https://memory.richmond.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=contains&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Indians+as+mascots&submit_search=Search&output=atom2017-12-13T21:10:35-05:00Omekahttps://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1827The Collegian on May 3, 1929, is an announcement for a baseball game against William & Mary. The William & Mary team is referred to as the "Redmen." During this time, William & Mary's official mascot was the "Indian." Today, terms such as "Redmen," "Redskin," "Indian," etc. are widely recognized as offensive.]]>2017-07-07T16:04:23-04:00

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Column "Spiders to Meet Redmen Tomorrow in Important Conference Affair"

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This column published in The Collegian on May 3, 1929, is an announcement for a baseball game against William & Mary. The William & Mary team is referred to as the "Redmen." During this time, William & Mary's official mascot was the "Indian." Today, terms such as "Redmen," "Redskin," "Indian," etc. are widely recognized as offensive.

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]]>https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1662The Collegian. It was written by student Romney Smith who criticized a U.S. Court ruling that allowed the NFL team, The Washington Redskins, to keep its name, despite allegations that it was racist. Smith, who is part Native American herself, argues that a sports team would never be allowed to use racial slurs such as "honkey," "chink," or "nigger," as its name, thus it was problematic that the Washington team was allowed to keep theirs. She argues that the naming of the team allows people to remain ignorant of its offensive nature, "People will not recognize the word 'redskin' as offensive, because after all, if the NFL allows a team to be named that, it mustn't be that bad." She also states that, "By the court supporting this name, the United States is supporting institutional racism."]]>2017-07-12T12:53:17-04:00

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This Op-Ed was published on October 10, 2003 in The Collegian. It was written by student Romney Smith who criticized a U.S. Court ruling that allowed the NFL team, The Washington Redskins, to keep its name, despite allegations that it was racist. Smith, who is part Native American herself, argues that a sports team would never be allowed to use racial slurs such as "honkey," "chink," or "nigger," as its name, thus it was problematic that the Washington team was allowed to keep theirs. She argues that the naming of the team allows people to remain ignorant of its offensive nature, "People will not recognize the word 'redskin' as offensive, because after all, if the NFL allows a team to be named that, it mustn't be that bad." She also states that, "By the court supporting this name, the United States is supporting institutional racism."

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The article discusses the outstanding rally of the year presented at the stadium in celebration of the traditional rivalry between University of Richmond and William and Mary. Demonstrated in the Thanksgiving Day gridiron classic, widely-known speakers will delve into traditional football history and spur Richmond toward a victory. Most notably though, the article details "important feature of the program" will be the mock trial of the Indian chieftain, "Legrandeshadebryant-stewart-spack-bridgers." '"If found guilty by vote of the jury, the accused will be hanged, and then hoisted above the huge bonfire structure in the flames of which he will be consumed."

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This article talks about the University of Richmond's anticipated football game against William & Mary and its mascot, the Indian. The campus held an annual rally or "trial" as they referred to it. For the "trial," they pretended to discuss the fate of the "Indian" mascot and decided that it was guilty and needed to be sentenced and punished on the football field, or "Hunting Ground." For the rally, members of the university and the Richmond community got together and danced in "Indian fashion," sang songs, yelled, and made a bonfire. The community prepared to seal the fate of William and Mary's mascot, the Indians.

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The brief article is about the defeat of North Carolina. The article states that seeing this score (Richmond 14- North Carolina 13) is exciting as that means there will be a "scalping of an Injun", which we see mentioned in other articles. The article states the win is attributed to the team’s talent, and fan’s enthusiasm. The article concludes with the phrase, "Lead those Injuns in!", with reference to scalping. However, in the 1940’s North Carolina’s mascot was the Wolf Pack. This indicates some kind of confusion at The Collegian, or perhaps students were using these chants with reference to an upcoming game against William and Mary. This article seems to be reciting chants that fans and Richmond supporters used at the game.

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This article discusses the "‘Injun’ scalping that was going to be held on the football field before the Thanksgiving bonfire. The performance by the student is done to proclaim to the campus and nearby residents the "intentions" of the Spiders at a game the following day. The University cheerleaders led the rally followed by the band the Victory Swings. The students cleared the Westhampton forests to prepare for the bonfire. The article states, "the freshman will be on hand to watch their first Spider-Indian fire go up in flames for victory". This was a joint rally between Richmond and Williamsburg whose students tried to out cheer each other. The coaches of each team were present for this rally. The article states that the Spiders, "left silent testimony of their victory with the effect of slashing shears on Indian Scalps."